National Aeronautics and

Space Administration

Game Changing Development

Program

Tibor Balint, PhDGCD Program Executive

www.nasa.gov

Overview

• What is Game Changing Development?

• GCD within Space Technology– Technology development pipelines

Infusion paths

Collaborations

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• GCD project examples

• How to get involved & contact information

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IRVE-3

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A brief introduction to GCD

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What is Game Changing Development?

• Disruptive or Transformative Technologies

Orders of Magnitude advancement enabling new missions and capabilities

Principal Investigator-led investment strategy

Planning for technology infusion to future NASA missions, other government agencies, the larger aerospace enterprise and national needs

Investing in High PayoffTechnologies

Changing the way a thing is done or made

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GCD: Key Program in the STP Pipeline

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GCD Collaboration with MDs

• Pioneering collaboration between STP/GCD and the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) /Astrophysics Division• Co-funding of 2 tech development projects

Developments by universities & institutes

STP is planning to expand this pilot to other STP Programs & SMD Divisions

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• Cross-MD collaboration betweenSTP/GCD/(TDM) and HEOMD/Advanced Exploration Systems (AES)

Variable Oxygen Regulator VOR 2.0 design (for AES)

Fuel Cell Integrated to Scarab rover (for AES)

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Tech Maturation to NASA Missions

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GCD Addressing National Needs

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Partnering with US Industry, Academia and Other Government Agencies to develop technologies

Partnering with Industry through National Initiatives:

National Robotic Initiative

Synthetic Biology

Advanced Manufacturing Initiative

Nanotechnology

DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) collaboration on robotics

“Next Generation Humanoid for Disaster Response”

SWORDS (Soldier-Warfighter Operationally Responsive Deployer for Space)

multi-Agency effort to develop a low cost

access to space for small payloads

Electron beam manufacturing

Carbon nanotube CNT sheet

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GCD Partnering with Industry

Partnering with US Industry to develop technologies

With both small and large companies;

Through various funding channels, e.g.,

Awards

Grants

Guided projects

Ohio’s first electrolysis-based hydrogen refueling station

Boeing: 2.4m diameter cryotank

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Manufacturing Innovation Winners

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GCD FY12 Solicitations

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Solicitations

DSS: Solar Array Systems

BAA: U&I - Unique and Innovative Space Technologies

5 awards in Q4; 2 awards in Q2

NRA Appx. A: FOP - Tech Development for Suborbital Flight Opportunities

14 awards in payload and vehicle capability enhancements

NRA Appx. B: SAS - Tech Development for Solar Array Systems in Support of Electric Propulsion

2 awards (DSS & ATK)

NRA Appx. C: Tech Development for Variable Heat-Rejection

Closed; Reviews are ongoing

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GCD FY13 Award in Support of SEP

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Solar Array Systems(SAS)

300 kW array deployment scheme

High Power Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP)

extensible to 300 kW objective system

a required architecture element within the human exploration roadmap

The Space Technology Program is

developing & demonstrating critical precursor technologies for a SEP demonstration,

GCD awarded two industry-lead teams –to develop deployable Solar Array Systems (SAS) through a two-Phase process

Phase 1: ATK & DSS will design, develop, analyze and ground test candidate systems to TRL 5 under GCD

Phase 2: one team will further develop the down-selected Solar Array System under TDM, that concludes with an ISS demo

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GCD Has 4 of STP’s Big9 Projects

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GCD Projects by Numbers

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12 Projects in Formulation

31 Projects in Implementation,

10 Grants

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GCD Projects in Formulation (12)

• 20 Kelvin, 20 Watt Cryocooler

3-D MAT Compression Pad

Advanced Space Propulsion Workshop*

Exoplanet Light Imaging and Spectroscopy

Heat Shield for Extreme Entry Environment Testing Technology

High Energy Density Battery (AMPRIUS)

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• High Performance EVA Gloves Technology Development*

High Performance Spaceflight Computing

Solar Electric Propulsion

Station Explorer for X-Ray Timing and Navigation Technology

Variable Heat Rejection

Woven Thermal Protection Systems

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SEXTANT ELIAS – Exoplanet spectroscopy EVA gloves

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SEXTANT – Enabling Pulsar-based Nav

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GCD Projects in Implementation (31)

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Partial list with

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GCD Infusion to HEO Missions

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HRS Dexterous Robotic Arm Operations

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IRVE-3 – Enabling Planetary Entries

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IRVE 3: First STP Success for a Launch20

Contact Information

Points of Contact• Tibor Balint – Program Executive, NASA HQ

• Phone: 202-358-2368Email: tibor.s.balint@nasa.gov•

• Stephen Gaddis – Program Manager, NASA LaRC Phone: 757-864-4196

Email: stephen.w.gaddis@nasa.gov

• Dana Gould – Deputy Program Manager, NASA LaRC Phone: 757-864-7747

Email: dana.c.gould@nasa.gov

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GCD Events @ Technology Days

• Tomorrow:

– Town Hall meeting from 11 am to 12.15 pm

Face-to-face meetings from 2 pm –

• Please sign up for it today at the GCD exhibition space and tell us about your technology development

• Exhibition:

– Visit us at the GCD exhibition• Ask us (Tibor Balint; Steve Gaddis; or Amy Johnson)

about our technologies

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BACKUP

Slides

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GCD Project Domains

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Plans for 2013

• Ongoing second year development of GCD projects

• With a third year option (project specific)

• At least one significant solicitation pending availability of funds

• Potential topic areas are under consideration and will be announced as soon as we can

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GCD First Time Accomplishments (16)

PROJECT FIRST TIME ACCOMPLISHMENT!

HIAD • Launch of IRVE-3 – First time ever successful suborbital test of 3m HIAD

CCTD • Fabricated 2.4m Precursor Tank (Largest Out of Autoclave tank fabricated in the world)

• First time scientists and astronauts floated over asteroid mockup in a reduced gravity simulator while

performing simulated tasks

First time successful test of a hands-free jet pack.

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DACC • First time demonstration of a Conformal-PICA ablator using novel test article shape (SPRITE)

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Captured first-light from our new X-ray concentrator optic

First simulation of X-ray photons from a millisecond pulsar on the bench-top

SSMLI • First time thermal testing of integrated MLI coupons using a Liquid Nitrogen calorimeter

BIRD• First time demonstration of a Barrier Infrared Detector (BIRD) operating at a higher temperature up to

170K.

• First-ever use of a heat pipe to extract thermal power from a uranium-235 reactor core

First-ever use of a Stirling convertor to produce electric power using a uranium-235 reactor heat source

First ever production of power by Stirling engines via liquid metal heat transfer from an electrically

heated reactor simulator.

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LMS• Only bi-axial panel test facility in the world to determine the strain response in woven straps under

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Record setting 93% single photon detection efficiency with new superconducting nanowire detectors

First-ever demonstration of laser beacon tracking using a 32x32 photon counting detector array

SSB • First successful “Bio Brick”, composite material, for construction purposes that uses soil and a

biopolymer.

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GCD ETD FY12 Accomplishments

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Human Robotic Systems

Assembly and preliminary testing of prototype jetpack in Q4

Completed assembly & initial checkout of Grapple Arm in Q4;

Delivered a Dust Tolerant Automated Umbilical

(DTAU) /with quick attach mechanism on MMSEV, Q4

Completed a first firing of the ballistic payload

launcher in Q4.

Solar Electric Propulsion

Completed BAA and In-house studies in Q1;

HEOMD Architecture & DRM /w Capabilities

Development meeting in Q3;

Solar Array Systems

Selected two companies (DSS & ATK) in Q4,

to develop deployable solar arrays systems under GCD in

Phase 1, that leads to a flight demo on the ISS in Phase 2

under TDM

In-space propulsion

Completed testing of advanced diagnostics

with13 kW Hall thruster and 70V PPU in Q4

Completed direct drive testing at 10kW

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Space Power Generation and Storage

Demonstrated 190 Wh/kg in VL3A Lithium Ion battery cells,

achieved ~30% improvement of the SOA in Q4

Nuclear Power Systems:

Full-Scale Power Conversion Unit Stirling Engine #2

achieved full power, 6 kWe in Q4

Advanced Radiation Analysis Tools

Monte Carlo CAD analysis MCCAD: Released competitive

challenge for Top Coder; provided 2 data sets for the teams for

analysis, Q4

ISEP (Integrated Solar Energetic Proton): developed a new

Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC) interface for

forecasting space environment, Q4

Next-Generation Life Support

Completed fabrication of Variable Oxygen Regulator

VOR 2.0 in Q4, and initiated testing.

Functional testing of the Rapid Cycle Anime

RCA 2.0 swing bed test article was successfully

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Alternate Water Processor (AWP) for AES Crew Systems

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In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU)

Neutron spectrometer: contractor built an initial power

board for the high voltage power supply and two pre-amplifier

chains in Q3; 90% design review done;

Lunar Advanced Volatiles Analysis (LAVA) system-complete

procurement documents, and review of fluid subsystem

requirements; 30% review done;

NIR spectrometer - continuing with preliminary design trade

studies; 90% reviews done and transferred to AES Activities

supporting RESOLVE

Autonomous Systems

The Advanced Caution and Warning System

(ACAWS)/FCAS (Failure Consequence Assessment System)

experiment was completed on schedule in Q4.

It feeds into AES AMO.

Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerators (HIAD):

Successful IRVE-3 Launch in Q4;

National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) and Next

Generation tests /w 3m & 6m articles completed in Q4

Deployable Aeroshell Concepts (DACC)

Completed BLAM arcjet test series at ARC for the conformal

ablator to be used on the ADEPT deployable heat shield, Q4;

Successful arcjet test of the SPRITE250 advanced conformal

ablators in Q4

Received 2 W-TPS samples of tapered carbon fabric panel

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Composite Cryogenic Technologies and

Demonstration (CCTD):

Fabricated a 2.4 m diameter precursor tank in Q4;

Identified the Y-joint issue, found solution, testing

softening strips; results will feed into 5 m tank

manufacturing and risk reduction (schedule delay

by 4 months due to Y-joint issue) in Q3.

Boeing is performing NDE trials for the 2.4 meter

manufacturing demonstration unit to determine the

effectiveness of softening strip inspection.

Lightweight Materials and Structures

Inflatable Structures: Held successful pressurization

test of JSC's Damage Tolerance Test Article (DTTA)

at White Sands, in Q4.

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IRVE-3 Video

IRVE 3: First STP Success for a Launch

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GCD Collaborations within STP

• NRA Appendix A: • partnered with the Flight Opportunities Program to support

technology development for suborbital flight opportunities.

GCD develops / matures technologies

Monitors development jointly with FOP

GCD makes them available to FOP after 1 year

This successful joint GCD-FOP solicitation is planned to repeat in FY13

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• NRA Appendix B collaboration with TDM• In Phase 1: GCD matures technology

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• GCD is working with the Small Spacecraft Technologyprogram on potential future collaborations

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Transformational Technology Example

Using of cryotankscould double the payload to orbit

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